IB skill practice

Calculate covariance from summaries

Use paired-data summaries to calculate covariance and interpret its sign.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Calculate covariance from summaries - interpretation check

A water monitoring program has \(\sum (x-\bar{x})(y-\bar{y})=56\) for \(n=12\) paired observations. Calculate the sample covariance. Enter the requested value and choose the interpretation that matches the result.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.